Rewinding to Tuesday, January 7, 1997…

Tuesday · Pompano Beach, Florida, United States

The world on January 7, 1997 in Pompano Beach.

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01The weather outside

A high of 78°F in Pompano Beach.

78°F/ 26°C high

Low of 74°F · dry · wind up to 11 mph

The sun rose at 7:09 am and set at 5:44 pm — 10h 35m of daylight.

Daily estimates from NASA POWER on a regional grid, using local solar days. Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.

Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.

02The sky that night

A waning crescent watched over you.

2% lit · 28.3 days into its cycle

Looking up from Pompano Beach that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 226,104 miles away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Un-Break My Heart”

by Toni Braxton — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 11 weeks, taking over from “No Diggity”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

POMPANO BEACH · 1997-01-07

ITEM1997TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.86$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$1.15$2.27Gallon of milkwhole$2.68$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.26$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$3.30$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$4.75$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$145,000$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.32$0.78

BREAD COSTS 2.1× WHAT IT DID

US national averages · ≈ = estimated from inflation

05Your life in numbers

Since that day, you have lived…

0

seconds

and counting, right now

0

heartbeats

at a resting average of 80 a minute

0

breaths

give or take a few yawns

0

sunrises

1,556 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

29 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Tuesday's child, under Capricorn.

Star sign

Capricorn

Earth sign

Chinese zodiac

Rat

Fire Rat

Birthstone

Garnet

for your month

Birth flower

Carnation

for your month

Generation

Generation Z

1997–2012

Day of the week

Tuesday

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